غِبتُم فَلَم يَغِبِ الغَرامُ

فَالنَومُ بَعدَكُمُ حَرامُ

You were absent, but passion did not disappear

Sleeping after you is forbidden

يا ساكِني نَجدٍ عَلَي

كُم مِن مُحِبِّكُمُ السَلامُ

O inhabitants of Najd, peace be upon you

From a lover who sends you greetings

مَن ماتَ بَعدَ فِراقِ مِث

لِكُمُ اِشتِياقاً ما يُلامُ

One who dies after being separated

From the likes of you is not to be blamed

لِمَ لَم تَرِقُّوا لِلَّذي

مِنكُم يُلاقي المُستَهامُ

Why did you not have mercy on one

Who meets destruction because of you

لِلَّهِ أَيّامي بِكا

ظِمَةٍ وَما حَوَتِ الخِيامُ

To God belong my days in grief

And whatever the tents contained

إِن غِبتُمُ عَنّي فَلَم

يَغِبِ التَأَسُّفُ وَالسَقامُ

If you are absent from me, still

Sorrow and sickness do not disappear

فَكَأَنَّني مِن بَعدِكُم

طِفلٌ أَضَرَّ بِهِ الفِطامُ

So it is as if after you

I am a weaned child again

أَفدي أُناساً أَسهَروا

عَينَيَّ بَعدَهُمُ وَناموا

I sacrifice people who deprived

My eyes of sleep though they slept

أَرتاحُ وَجداً كُلَّما

غَنَّت عَلى البانِ الحَمامُ

I relax whenever a dove

Coos on the branches